April 27, 2017 / Front Page

With spring sports like baseball, golf, track and field, and tennis winding down, it seems only appropriate that, before school is out for the summer break, the football Tigers and new hopefuls should have one more fling before the school year is ove More...

The City of Washington will start spraying for the control of mosquitos the week of May 8. “As was done last year, the spraying will take place late at night to avoid coming in contact with residents, City Administrator Sherri Bailey said More...

The Washington Rotary Club’s GRSP (Georgia Rotary Student Program) student, Sophie Florio from Denmark (fourth from right) welcomed her entire family for a week-long visit as she nears the comp More...

A total eclipse of the Sun is the only astronomical wonder that requires no telescope or complicated equipment to see. “No other experience comes close to the multisensory strangeness of this most unnatural of natural events…. More...

Dr. Dilmus Martin Blackmon of Athens died Monday, April 17, in Athens after a long illness. The youngest child of the late James Hines Blackmon and Norma Alice Martin Blackmon, he was born August 11, 1933, in Washington, Georgia. More...

Anna Gentry is pictured with Governor Nathan Deal at the State Capitol as she joined others in attending the Governor’s Proclamation declaring April as the Month of the Military Child in Georgi More...

Community members have raised concern over alligators potentially living in Clark’s Hill Lake, after noticing signage posted by the United States Army Corps of Engineers at Petersburg Campground in Appling regarding the animals. More...

The Washington-Wilkes middle and high school bands will present their spring concert next Tuesday, May 2, on The Square beginning at 6 p.m. The concert is free to the public and everyone in the community is encouraged to attend. More...

The First Baptist Church of Washington invites any high school or college student who is a resident of Wilkes County and is majoring in or intends to major in the area of fine arts to apply for the Troupe M. Harris Jr. More...

Officials at the J. Strom Thurmond Dam and Lake announced a rolling closure of boat ramps at the reservoir in order to re-stripe and repave the ramps before the main recreation season opens. In all cases the ramps will be open on weekends. More...

On behalf of Ashton Wilkes Andrews, we would like to express our deepest gratitude and appreciation for the community’s support during the tragic loss of our son. Words cannot begin to express our heartache. Our hearts are forever shattered. More...

The W-W Tiger girls tennis team has advanced to the state’s Elite Eight with a decisive victory over Johnson County in the first round of the Class A state playoffs. The 4-1 win over Johnson took four hours to play and included four tiebr More...

An unfortunate forfeiture resulting from an altercation between the Washington-Wilkes Tiger baseball team and the Stratford Academy team last week was the beginning of the end for the W-W diamondmen in 2017.The game was logged with the official score More...

In the Old Testament, the Israelites, God’s first chosen people, were not able to become a complete work of God because of their unbelief and sin in their lives when they broke the laws of God, the Ten Commandments. More...